#THYEMAKE ME INSANE

[puhpandas]

I love tony putting Gregory on a pedestal I love the concept of even post-ggy survival if he still held this idea of Gregory in his head because Gregory has ALWAYS been a mystery to him and one he works tirelessly to solve. gregory moves on and builds a life with vanessa and Freddy and mellows out but tony still thinks of Gregory as this goal to reach and what would happen if he finally did?

if he solved gregorys mystery and found him and confronted him about what happened and how he tried to kill him. if Gregory was just happy to reconnect with someone from his old life but tony still hasnt shook that pedestal he put Gregory on yet.

they become friends and bond and get closer but Gregory notices that tony comments on things he learns about him but never asks Gregory anything. if Gregory told tony that he isnt something to put a magnifying glass over and that he only cares about him because he was life's greatest mystery to tony for a year, and hes treating him like he isnt a person but an invisible goal to reach only tangible to tony

if tony had been so stuck in his head obsessing over figuring out why what happened happened that he never grew or changed and he was the same. all of his family and friends thought he was stuck on the horror of the event and traumatized but he was really stuck on Gregory. but he wasnt stuck on Gregory at all, he was stuck on the mystery of him

tony realizing this and that he'd stayed 12 even though he turned 13 a year ago. he has a major wake up call and the fog sorta clears from his mind. hes been a bad friend. hes always been a bad friend, and he doesnt want to be anymore. hes been such an idiot